By Katy Reckdahl May 12, 1999

"The thing I remember is his size," she says now. "The man is gigantic. When he stood in the doorway, he filled the entire frame." The man is a Minnesota icon, fondly remembered for his ability to sack quarterbacks as one of the Vikings' famed "Purple People Eaters" defensive line. But the woman's recollection of Carl Eller and their encounter 11 years ago, when she was a 19-year-old sophomore at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, is... More >>>

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In his heyday with the Minnesota Vikings, Carl Eller was a member of the famed Purple People Eaters defensive line